How to Give a Cat a Pill

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HOW TO GIVE A CAT A PILL.

1. Pick up the cat, and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if

holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of the

cat's mouth, and gently apply pressure to the cheeks whilst holding the pill

in the right hand. As you gradually ease the cat's mouth open in this

fashion, pop the pill into its mouth and allow the cat to close mouth and

swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle the cat in

left arm again, and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from under the bed in the main bedroom, and throw away

the soggy pill.

4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear

paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and thrust pill to the back of

its mouth with right forefinger. Hold cat's mouth shut for count of ten.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call

spouse in from garden to assist.

6. Kneel on floor with cat firmly wedged between knees. Hold front and

rear paws. Ignore growls omitted from cat. Get spouse to hold cat's head

firmly with one hand, while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down

ruler, and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail. Get another pill from foil wrap.

Make a mental note to buy a new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep

shattered figurines and vases from floor, and set aside for gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with cat's head

just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw and force

cat's mouth open with pencil. Blow forcefully down straw.

9. Check label on cat's pills to see if they are harmful to humans.

Drink beer to take away the taste and apply band-aid to spouse's forearm.

Remove blood from carpet with soap and water, and discard shredded towel in

waste bin.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbour's shed. Get another pill. Open another

beer.

Place cat in cupboard and close door on cat's neck so as to leave only the

head protruding. Force mouth open with spoon, and however much force it

takes. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage to put the cupboard door back on

hinges.

Drink beer. Pour scotch and drink in one gulp. Apply cold compress to cheek,

and check date of last tetanus jab. Apply whisky compress to cheek to

disinfect, and toss back another shot for good measure. Throw T-shirt in bin

next to shredded towel.

12.Ring fire brigade to retrieve sodding cat from tree across the road, and

apologise profusely to neighbour who crashed into his pool whilst swerving

to avoid the cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13.Tie the little sod's front paws and rear paws tightly to legs of

metal

garden chairs with twine. Find heavy pruning gloves from shed. Push into

cat's mouth, followed by a large piece of fillet steak. Hold cat's head

vertical, and pour two litres of water down cat's throat to wash down pill.

14.Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to emergency

room

for stitching of your fingers and forearm, and removal of pill from your

left nostril. Call in at garden centre on way home to get new garden chairs.

15.Arrange with RSPCA to collect mutant cat from hell, and find out if they

have any hamsters who need good homes.

HOW TO GIVE A DOG A PILL .

1. Wrap it in bacon.
 
Funny. However the correct method is to have someone else hold the cat and then you throw the pill far enough down the cat's throat that the automatic swallow reflex takes over. Mission accomplished!
 
Funny. However the correct method is to have someone else hold the cat and then you throw the pill far enough down the cat's throat that the automatic swallow reflex takes over. Mission accomplished!

You know, our vet is so masterful with this. Our cats cooperate.

He sets them back on their haunches, grasps the sides of the mouth with one hand, then sets a pill (lubed) on their tongue and then just pushes it in.

Boop! It slides right down.

Of course, if we tried that at home, they'd fight. We're not the vet.

But we have gotten medicine in different forms before. A cream applied to the inside of the ears, for one. Liquid is easy to manage. And all our cats love the hairball remedy. Yum yum yum. They grab it with both paws and try to eat the entire tube.


:D
 
Coating the pill in a little butter makes it go down easier! :D

Plus, my cat has a thing for butter. :cattail:
 
I hadn't thought of the butter/olive oil thing. However, it would make the pill more difficult to pitch at the cat's throat. The idea of placing it on the cat's tongue and then flicking it into the cat's throat would seem to be a good idea, except for one thing. Have you ever checked out the dental equipment of a cat?
 
I hadn't thought of the butter/olive oil thing. However, it would make the pill more difficult to pitch at the cat's throat. The idea of placing it on the cat's tongue and then flicking it into the cat's throat would seem to be a good idea, except for one thing. Have you ever checked out the dental equipment of a cat?
There are some places I wouldn't put my finger. Between the jaws of a feline is on the list.

My cat will swallow anything though. Pills, bugs, small rocks, shirt buttons...
 
Smearing a little Marmite on the pill seems to work too. :D My cat loves that...

Though I don't know if you can get Marmite in the States??
 
Cats and peanut butter?

Not too sure about that.

Butter, certainly. And ice cream. And sour cream.

And one of ours loves green beans.

But I can just see a cat trying to get peanut butter off the roof of their mouth.

:D
 
There are some places I wouldn't put my finger. Between the jaws of a feline is on the list.

My cat will swallow anything though. Pills, bugs, small rocks, shirt buttons...

It's all in the approach. If you go at it from the side of the mouth you've got more luck avoiding the large insicors (which happen to cause a much deeper puncture wound.) But you've still got a good shot at losing a finger. The butter on your figer also aids in sliping out of the said cat's mouth.

:cattail:
 
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